Pie rack



Oct. 21 1924.

E. SUTTER PIE RACK Filed Aug. 18", 1922 ATTORNEY i atented ct. 21, 1924.

TATES ELIZABETH SUTTER, OF ELIZABETH, PENNSYLVANIA.

PIE RACK.

Application filed August 18, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH Surrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elizabeth, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Pie Racks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen articles, particularly to racks orstands and has for its object the provision of a novel device forholding a plurality of pies after the same are baked.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character whichmay be collapsed when not in use as the various portions thereof areformed in units capable of being assembled to perform the purposespecified or to be disassembled for convenience in storage ortransportation.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, efficient anddurable in use and a general improvement in the art.

Vith the above and other objects and advantages in view the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

Figure 2 is a plan view,

Figure 3 is a detail longitudinal section.

Referring more particularly to the drawings I have shown my rack ascomprising a plurality of units or sections designed to be superposedwhereby to constitute the complete rack. Each section consists of aplurality of somewhat conical hollow legs 10 which are formed at pointswith openings 11 within which are engaged downturned lugs 12 which areformed on the periphery of a shelf 18 which is here illustrated as beingcircular in form and provided throughout with openings 14 which willpermit the passage of air. The shelf is somewhat cut away at its edge asshown for the partial accommodation of the legs.

Serial No. 582,782.

It will be noted that the various units are assembled by inserting thesmaller ends of one set of legs within the larger ends of the legs ofthe unit next below as clearly disclosed in the drawings so that in thisway a rack may be built up having as many shelves as may be desired.

'While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. A rack of the character described comprising a plurality ofsuperposed units each including a shelf formed at spaced points on itsperiphery with depending tongues. each unit further including aplurality of hollow legs corresponding in number to the number of lugs,the legs being formed intermediate their ends with slots accommodatingsaid lugs and said lugs being subsequently upset, the legs of each unittelescopically receiving the legs of the unit next above.

2. A rack of the character described comprising a plurality ofsuperposed units each including a shelf formed at spaced points on itsperiphery with depending tongues, each unit further including aplurality of hollow legs corresponding in number to the number of lugs,the legs being formed intermediate their ends with slots accommodatingsaid lugs and said lugs bein subsequently upset, the legs of each unittel escopically receiving the legs of the unit next above, said legs being slightly tapered and the location of the slots being such that whenthe legs are telescoped the lugs of the lowermost unit will beimmediately beneath the legs of the unit next above with the shelf ofthe unit next above resting upon the upper ends of the legs of the unitimmediately below.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ELIZABETH SUT'IER.

